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80-20 Bass Groove 11 – Shannon Style 12:8 Blues Ballad

March 12, 2021 by Paul Wolfe

Here’s 80-20 Bass Groove 11:

This is a 12:8 blues ballad style groove (in C7) at 60 BPM.  Here’s the notation and tab:

 

To download the practice track click the link below:

https://we.tl/t-H0Z0DVX0Q1

 

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Comments

  1. Dan Bernhardt says

    March 15, 2021 at 5:23 pm

    FANTASTIC!

    • Paul Wolfe says

      March 15, 2021 at 5:25 pm

      Glad you enjoyed it Dan!

  2. Ian Hammond says

    March 15, 2021 at 6:14 pm

    Nice, Paul!

    • Paul Wolfe says

      March 15, 2021 at 6:34 pm

      Thanks Ian!

      I’m quite partial to a 12:8 blues….there are several songs with great sets of changes for it (Stormy Monday, I’d Rther Go Blind, I Put A Spell On You…amongst others)

  3. xyztim55@yahoo.com says

    March 15, 2021 at 9:06 pm

    This is fun. Thanks for the example.
    Tim Griffin

  4. rvessiny@roadrunner.com says

    March 15, 2021 at 11:55 pm

    12:8 I thought of Stormy Monday on first listen.

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